A 50-year-old man was shot and killed early Tuesday evening as he was going door to door offering to paint addresses on curbs in a Southern California neighborhood, authorities said.

The shooting, in which the victim was struck several times in the upper torso, occurred about 5:30 p.m. in the 14400 block of Dinard Avenue in Norwalk, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department.

The man was pronounced dead at the scene. His name was not immediately released.